| Give me a guitar string and a piano man
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| And a soulful cry to help me do my thing
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| You see I’ve been around from town to town
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| And I know the blues don’t change
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| You heard right and you heard wrong
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| But they said it all a long time ago
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| I’ve been playing the blues since 1954
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| And I know they don’t change
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| Oh, Clever music and clever songs
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| You know they’re here today and tomorrow they’re gone
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| The blues just keep on hanging on and on
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| 'Cause the blues don’t change
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| I said they don’t change
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| My home is where I lay my head at
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| Someday mama you know I’ll be coming back
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| But right now he ah- calling my name
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| But the blues don’t change
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| No they don’t change
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| One night stands, cigarette smoke
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| I’ve played from circuit clubs to riverboats
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| I’ve played them all you know
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| And I know, I know the blues don’t change
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| The blues don’t change |